using the latest builds of mozilla/opera or firefox (with mozilla + firefox i mean the LATEST builds... ie 1.0.4+ or 1.0.3+ or Deer Park Alpha 1 or a nightly for firefox and not just the last official releases) svg works fine...

however... due to the particulars of the script, and incomplete implication of scripts into the mozilla svg project... the script doesnt work, and due to the requirement of a height and width declaration... they also cant work without modification... or else you will just see the top left "screenfull"

i, of course have made a simple script to add the height and width elements, and maeli said in the german forum that it was on the list...

but when those are done, firefox has complete ability to run both svg and svgz... and i use it for my kosmor maps

regarding the issue of map sharing/merging i have subperfect but useful (will recommence changing the code after my last exam on wednesday) scripts to join maps together (not including radars or WPs on planets) and would expect that maeli's job here would be much simpler - although i use perl and he uses php, and i dont know php, so i cant really say for sure... given that i (or any other user) has to extract the information first and then put it into a map, whereas the original map scripts come from the database, and this should make it different

only possible questions would be:
different maps = different radar colours? - that's what i use [changing the opacity works here... so you can see all the radars underneath the top one]
same thing for planet colours?

but firstly... it's maeli's holiday time
secondly... im sure there are other more important things (esp if this is about 20th on the list)
and thirdly... it's not the end of the world atm... just MUCH MUCH better since the use of SVG maps for people to do it on their own... as they contain actual information, which a bitmap does not

/alpha_________________Major alphabravo in the house Thalgados-Sissyhood

using the latest builds of mozilla/opera or firefox (with mozilla + firefox i mean the LATEST builds... ie 1.0.4+ or 1.0.3+ or Deer Park Alpha 1 or a nightly for firefox and not just the last official releases) svg works fine...
/alpha

Here is a link to SVG map reader; http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11832
Remember that after you have installed it you most restart your machine. Then you just have to click on the map attachment you have recived and a new window in your browser will open. You can then see the total map in detail!!! The SVG alsa works with IE-Internet Explorer!!!

Well perhaps, we could make it so that you can only view so much around your territory for your command tier. Ex: House leader- tier 1, 1st lvl of subs- tier 2, sub's subs-tier 3, etc...

The house leader views everything, but his subs view their own territory and about 500ly around it. Tier 3 views 200ly, Tier 4 sees 100, Tier 5 sees nothing. The area revealed is only the area controlled by the house. The house leader could show the whole house map to anyone he wanted to, though.